Abstract: An entertainment toy that can be disposed in multiple configurations is disclosed. In one embodiment, the entertainment toy includes a base having an upper surface, a support frame coupled to the base, and a seat that is configured to hold an infant. The seat is movably mounted on the support frame. The entertainment toy includes an output generating system. In one embodiment, the entertainment toy includes an actuator disposed on the base. The actuator is connected to the output generating system and is disposed to be engaged by a foot of the infant. The output generating system is configured to generate audible and/or visual outputs in response to activation of the actuator.

Abstract: A stroller includes a playing tool main body coupled on a guard bar, a playing tool coupled on a plurality of rotational shaft installed in the main body, a cover formed to be transparent and protecting the playing tool, a driving motor installed in the main body and driven by power from a solar cell, and a transmission unit for transmitting driving force generated from the driving motor to the rotational shafts.

Abstract: An apparatus for retaining children's toys and other materials within a retrievable distance is provided. The apparatus may comprise a generally geometrically-shaped main body with a plurality of integrally formed ribs. The ribs divide the outer periphery of the main body into a plurality of segments for the attachment of multiple toys or other materials, such as, but not limited to, eating utensils, sealed containers, or a pacifier. Each item connected to the main body is connected thereto using an individual strap having hook-and-loop fasteners at each end for securing about said main body's outer periphery or said item. The apparatus may be secured in place using an affixed suction cup or other attachment means for maintaining its placement. Alternatively, said apparatus may be used as a basis for an affixed animal toy or mobile when mounted on a wall or ceiling and the attached items are allowed to dangle therefrom.

Abstract: An apparatus having a support arm, a base coupled to the support arm to maintain the support arm in upright orientation and moveable between a first orientation in which the base is coupleable to a vertical surface, and a second orientation in which the base can rest on a horizontal surface. A light source is coupled to the support arm and a mobile coupled to said support arm, whereby when the base is in the first orientation, the apparatus can be coupled to a crib rail to function as a crib mobile, and when the base is in the second orientation, the apparatus can rest on a horizontal surface to function as a lamp.

Abstract: A toy support structure includes, a plurality of pivots provided on a center housing such that each axle center of the pivots is parallel to the axle center of center housing. By rotatably connecting the pivots and the hanging support set, the hanging support set can rotate in relation to the pivots so as to extend in radial form. Further, the hanging support set can rotate in relation to the pivots so as to be arranged in parallel on the same plane, thereby reducing the volume and accomplishing the ease of carrying and storage.

Abstract: A spinning decoy device for use by hunters to attract birds, such as ducks and geese, has at least one decoy deployed in an elevated position, and a motorized system for spinning the decoy(s) so as to attract the birds. The motorized system, in a preferred embodiment, spins the decoy(s) in a circular motion. To further add realism to the device, the wings of each decoy are rotatable.

Abstract: A musical baby bottle is provided with an omnidirectional, gravity-operated switching mechanism for turning a musical player on and off, depending upon the orientation of the bottle. The infant nursing bottle of the invention employs a liquid container and a base containing the electrical switching mechanism releaseably attached to the bottom of the liquid container, such as by a threaded connection. A hollow cavity is defined within the structure of the base. The cavity has an inclined floor that slopes from the periphery of the cavity toward the axial center of the base. A detent recess is located at the axial center of the base and an electrical switch having a switch actuator is located at the detent. A sphere within the cavity rolls by gravity across the inclined surface of the cavity floor. The sphere lodges in the detent when the base and liquid container supported upon the base are oriented vertically upright, as when placed upon a horizontal surface.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to infant activity centers, and more particularly to a portable infant playground.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a portable, activity center for providing educational and entertaining toys to children; particularly towards an activity center that releasably attaches to an adult's forearm such that the free arm of the adult securely holds the child such that the child is able to safely interact with the activity center; most particularly an activity center including a rigid support member wherein one end thereof is releasably mounted to an adult's upper forearm and the opposite end can be releasably mounted to the lower forearm, gripped by the hand or attached to a stationary object.

Abstract: A mobile constructed from a single sheet of material having alternating cut lines and fold lines so that wind striking the mobile causes the intervening panels to undulate.

Abstract: The play of a child's educational game to teach skills, such as color recognition, in which free ends of “color” straps in assigned locations are interconnected to demonstrate the child's comprehension of color recognition, and in which adult intervention between preliminary and subsequent demonstrations consisting of changing of the assigned positions of the straps rules out that the subsequent demonstration is based on remembered positions of the straps rather than on color recognition selection, thereby contributing to the educational value of the game.

Abstract: A removable game tray for baby walkers which includes a main tray including an upper cover and a lower cover which is fixedly mounted on the upper cover, the lower cover having two tongues at one side thereof and two rails at a bottom thereof, a handle slidably engaged with the rails and having a top protruded out of the lower cover when pushed into the lower cover, and a receptacle having a recess configured to receive the main tray, the recess having an opening adapted to engage with the top of the handle, the recess being cut by two grooves to form two lugs each having a hole, the hole being adapted to receive a respective one of the tongues, whereby the main tray can be easily removed from the receptacle by pressing the lugs.

Abstract: A toy accessory includes an arch and a connector attached to each end of the arch. The connector is configured to attach to either of a top rail of a juvenile product and an edge of a play mat. The connector includes an arch connection portion configured to connect to the respective end of the arch and also includes a receiving portion configured to receive either of the top rail of the juvenile product and the edge of the play mat. The connector further may include a play mat connection portion configured to connect to a surface of the play mat.

Abstract: A toy mobile comprising a spider having a hub drivable by a motor to rotate the spider and having at least two legs radiating from the hub at an angle thereto, each leg having an end terminal which in the course of each rotating cycle of the spider traverses a circular orbit about the hub that is slanted with respect to a horizontal plane passing through the hub, whereby the terminal in the course of each cycle rises to a level above the hub and then fall to a level below the hub and at least one geometric object dangling from the terminal which is animated as a terminal traverses the orbit.

Abstract: There is provided a novelty candy assembly including a body, an illumination module attached to the body, a cover for the illumination module, the cover having at least an outer layer of candy, at least one activation conduit extending through the cover and being operatively connected to an activation switch within the body, at least one speaker within the body, and at least one memory chip within the body. The activation switch is activated when the candy is at least in part consumed, the activation switch being part of a circuit including the illumination module, the memory chip, and the speaker. Pre-recorded audio in the memory chip is reproduced by the at least one speaker and illumination is produced by the illumination module when the activation switch is activated.

Abstract: The infant eye trainer is a device that is mountable on a baby bottle for strengthening and developing infant eyesight. The device utilizes interchangeable media producing an image on a display, which may be viewed by the infant while drinking from the bottle. A variety of images designed to improve, strengthen, and facilitate infant eyesight development, both physically and cognitively are selected for display. The device mounts onto the end of a baby bottle, thus placing it within an infant's focal range. The device may also utilize audiovisual stimuli to further develop infant eyesight and cognition.

Abstract: A display sign is in the form of a flat panel loudspeaker, the graphics of the display being carried on one exposed surface of the flat panel, the latter being provided with one or more transducers such that the flat panel may be energized to transmit sound in accordance with signals supplied to the one or more transducers. The sign may also be provided with an arrangement for storing inputs made by a user for later retrieval.

Abstract: An infant support structure that may be used to entertain and/or pacify an infant. The infant support structure includes an entertainment device.

Abstract: A mobile has mobile elements made from a solar cell, a hollow beam and a motivator. The solar cell is mounted to a substrate and connected via wires through the hollow beam to the motivator. The hollow beam supports the substrate at one end and the motivator at the other. The motivator may be a small electric fan or valved gas jet. The substrate is a flat plastic panel, such as a CD-ROM disc, a lightweight plastic sheet, and printed circuit board. The mobile elements may be connected as in a traditional Calder mobile, or in an aligned vertical stack. As the solar panels receive sufficient light, power for the motivator is generated, causing the mobile elements to move.

Abstract: The life log or journal is directed to produce a record of the life of a child by parent and child, explicitly divided into a fetus era, newborn era, school era, grown-up era, and mature-age era, guiding a parent to write down a record when the child is too young to write for himself/herself, and guiding the child to write for himself/herself when the child grows up. In the region guiding the parent to write down a record, an instruction is printed to inspire the parent to facilitate writing down events of the child's development on occasion together with the parent's feelings at that time. As a result, a life log can be produced, leaving the affection devoted from the parent to child in a visual form so that the parent and child can share affection, joy and emotions throughout the childhood and adulthood of the child.

Abstract: An infant activity center includes a tray, a base and substantially-straight pylons. The tray has an infant-receiving opening. Each pylon has a lower portion which is directly or indirectly rotatably attached to the base and each pylon has an upper portion which is directly or indirectly rotatably attached to the tray enabling the tray and the base to be relatively rotated and folded from a use position to a storage position. Each of the pylons is substantially vertical when the tray and the base are in the use position.

Abstract: A play arch, which may be attached to the chair portion of a stroller, includes an elongated flat strip having a securing element at each end thereof. The securing elements may be attached to the stroller. Because the length of the strip exceeds the width of the stroller chair, in use the strip assumes a shape of an arch. Hangers are provided, which support dangling play pieces which may be manipulated by a child in the stroller.

Abstract: A visual stimulation attachment for amusing an infant riding in a child safety seat or child in a vehicle that has headliner includes a visually-stimulating background member and an attachment device (e.g., a micro-hook material) secured to the background member and operable to releasably couple the background member to the headliner of the vehicle. The visual stimulation attachment may have one or more tether lines with a dangling member attached to it. A method of amusing an infant with a visually stimulating attachment and of manufacturing a visually stimulating attachment are also presented.

Abstract: A mirror assembly mountable on an arch of an infant activity center comprising a foldable floor mat, said arch bridging remote areas thereof, the assembly making it possible for a baby on the mat to see its own image as it engages in an activity appropriate to its age. The mat is flexible and the arch is bendable whereby the center can be collapsed to create a pack in which the mat is folded and the arch lies therein. The mirror assembly includes a disc on whose front face is a mirror, the rear face being hinged to one side of a triangular easel web whose other side is hinged to a sleeve fitted on the arch, whereby in an active mode of the assembly, the easel web supports the mirror from the arch, whereas in a collapsed mode, the web is folded against the rear face of the disc which is now sandwiched within the mat.

Abstract: An infant activity center includes a tray, a base and substantially-straight pylons. The tray has an infant-receiving opening. Each pylon has a lower portion which is directly or indirectly rotatably attached to the base and each pylon has an upper portion which is directly or indirectly rotatably attached to the tray enabling the tray and the base to be relatively rotated and folded from a use position to a storage position. Each of the pylons is substantially vertical when the tray and the base are in the use position.

Abstract: A multi-functional infant gym is provided that is readily configurable into different useful forms. First and second arch members are pivotally connected to each other, allowing the gym to be positioned as desired. Lockable hinges can facilitate the pivoting of the gym. In a fully extended position, the gym can be used as an activity arch. Toys can be releaseably engaged with the activity arch, allowing for infant interaction with the toys. The gym can also be pivoted to a partially retracted position providing an infant sleep surface or changing mat. A pad member can be releaseably engaged with the gym. In a collapsed position, the arch members are nested in relation to each other allowing for compact storage and transport of the gym. A cover can be installed to protect the gym while in the collapsed position.

Abstract: An infant motor skill developmental aid apparatus is disclosed, which includes a support base having a planar top surface and a bottom surface, a top tray having an opening for accepting an infant upper body, and a connection means connected between the support base and the top tray. Further disclosed is a method of assisting infant motor skill development, which includes providing the infant motor skill developmental aid apparatus; placing an infant inside the apparatus through the opening of the top tray and having the infant sitting on the support base with arms on top of the top tray; adjusting the top tray to an appropriate height depending on the infant age; and having the infant playing inside the apparatus for a period of time. The apparatus and the method enhance infant's acquisition of normal motor and early learning skills.

Abstract: A combined monitor and display assembly at an infant location, and at a caregiver location. The apparatus includes a light box having a semi-reflective mirror behind which is a film transparency having a photographic image of the infant's mother. When a light bulb in the box is energized to illuminate the transparency, the image of the mother becomes visible to the infant. There is a sound-activated switching device connected between the bulb and a power source. The switching device, when activated by the infant's crying, remains activated for a predetermined period to energize the bulb and illuminate the transparency. There is a record playback unit having a stored voice message recorded by the mother, the unit being rendered operative when the bulb is energized. When the infant cries, it is presented with an image of its mother and hears her comforting message.

Abstract: A toy includes a display component and an arrangement of opaque walls defining together with the display component a plurality of illuminable cavities separated from one another by the opaque walls. The opaque walls are disposed directly behind the display component. The illuminable cavities have associated light sources also disposed behind the display component and capable of illuminating the associated cavity to produce a corresponding visual effect visible from in front of the display component. At least two of the illuminable cavities are arranged to form multiple states of a single facial feature visible from in front of the display component with illumination states of the light sources of the cavities corresponding with the states of the facial feature that cooperate with other visible facial features to form a selection of discrete facial expressions.

Abstract: An apparatus for the education and entertainment of infants includes a housing that supports a plurality of objects over a crib or playpen and which rotates the objects in a circle. An audio program includes a recitation of each object when it is disposed proximate an infant disposed in the crib or playpen. Accordingly, the infant learns to associate the speech aspect of the audio presentation with the objects through a pattern of continual visual and synchronized simultaneous audio repetition and reinforcement, thereby optimally learning the names of objects and possibly even contributing to the learning of speech syntax.

Abstract: A mobile includes a housing and a reflective member rolatably coupled to the housing. A drive mechanism is desposed in the housing and is configured to rotate the reflective member with respect to the housing. The mobile also includes an illuminating member coupled to the housing and disposed to illuminate the reflective member.

Abstract: A gripping device for assisting infants in holding a bottle which comprises a body fabricated from a soft material, wherein the shape of the body is substantially triangular, substantially circular, substantially rectangular or substantially square, an opening extending through the body, the opening being sized and shaped to accept a bottle inserted therein, and a securing device associated with the opening for securing the bottle in the opening. Moreover, the opening may be located in approximately the center of the body. The securing device, such as an elastic band, a spring, velcro, or a draw string, lines the opening whereby inserting a bottle into the opening results in the securing device fitting snuggly around the peripheral surface of a bottle. The securing device can accommodate a wide range of commercially available bottles.

Abstract: An Infant-Operable Remote Controlled Entertainment and Education Device and System is disclosed. Also disclosed is a system that includes a control device that is safe to be left with unsupervised infants. The system further includes a responder device that is in communication with the control device. The control device has a plurality of buttons or other touch-sensitive portions dispersed on its face, and each of these buttons has a unique shape or design displayed thereon. Correspondingly, the remote device includes a plurality of figures or members that have shapes or display designs that correspond to the buttons on the control device. In operation, touching or pressing one of the control buttons or touch-sensitive portions of the control device will cause one of the figures or members on the responder device to animate or otherwise agitate in response.

Abstract: An Infant-Operable Remote Controlled Entertainment and Education Device and System is disclosed. Also disclosed is a system that includes a control device that is safe to be left with unsupervised infants. The system further includes a responder device that is in communication with the control device. The control device has a plurality of buttons or other touch-sensitive portions dispersed on its face, and each of these buttons has a unique shape or design displayed thereon. Correspondingly, the responder device includes a plurality of figures or members that have shapes or display designs that correspond to the buttons on the control device. In operation, touching or pressing one of the control buttons or touch-sensitive portions of the control device will cause one of the figures or members on the responder device to animate or otherwise agitate in response.

Abstract: A device and a method for the use thereof are disclosed for encouraging a child who is a poor eater to eat its food. The device includes a rim member having a contiguous periphery, which defines a central opening, with the underside of the rim member defining a securing portion adapted for securely mating with a peripheral edge portion of a container. A head member is mounted onto the rim member with at least part of the head member being located in a plane above the central opening defined by the rim member. The head member has at least one passageway defined therein, the passageway being adapted to allow access therethrough into and beyond the central opening defined by the rim member.

Abstract: A baby's play gym for supporting suspended toys can be reconfigured to form a magazine rack or a chair. The play gym includes upwardly convex arcuate first and second side supports arranged laterally opposite one another with a spacing distance therebetween. First and second hanger bars coupling the first and second side supports with each other for hanging toys thereon extend between upper portions of the first and second side supports. Third and fourth hanger bars for hanging other toys extend between lower portions of the first and second side supports. When reconfigured as a magazine rack or a chair, a strip member is supported from at least two of the hanger bars to form a sling trough to support books and magazines or a sling seat to support a person, while the play members are removed and some of the hanger bars may be removed.

Abstract: An infant support structure that may be used to entertain and/or pacify an infant. The infant support structure includes an entertainment device.

Abstract: A visual stimulation attachment for amusing an infant riding in a child safety seat or child in a vehicle that has headliner includes a visually-stimulating background member and an attachment device (e.g., a micro-hook material) secured to the background member and operable to releasably couple the background member to the headliner of the vehicle. The visual stimulation attachment may have one or more tether lines with a dangling member attached to it. A method of amusing an infant with a visually stimulating attachment and of manufacturing a visually stimulating attachment are also presented.

Abstract: A play arch attachable to the chair of a stroller having space-apart side. The arch is an elongated strip of rigid though pliable plastic material and has a length greater than the distance between the sides of the chair. The arch is formed with a plurality of non-bendable segments which are interconnected by bendable integral hinges and comprises a coupler fitted at either end of the strip to connect the strip to the sides of the chair to cause the strip to assume the curvature of an arch.

Abstract: A cover device for covering a baby bottle. The device includes a cloth bottle cover that has a closed bottom end and an open top end. A pocket is disposed on the cloth bottle cover. An audible signal generator is provided that is placed in the pocket of the cloth bottle cover. The audible signal generator creates an audible signal when press-activated. The bottle cover with the audible signal generator is advanced over a baby bottle. The bottle cover provides a medium by which a child can better grasp the bottle. Furthermore, the bottle cover insulates the bottle and absorbs drips from the bottle. The audible signal generator is activated when a child presses against the cover above the audible signal generator. As such, the use of the present invention adds visual and audible interest to a baby bottle as well as making the bottle easier to hold and use.

Abstract: A convertible activity center has a tray that can be locked in a closed loop position with an attached seat to contain an infant and unlocked with the seat removed to an open position, creating a play space from which a toddler can enter and exit at will, or interact with it from the outside. The activity center can also have convertible toys. The same toys that an infant can enjoy can be converted to toys suitable for an older infant or toddler.

Abstract: A toy set comprising a plurality of plush toys, each of which includes a plush character having a plush ring frictionally engageable thereto. An elongate rod is provided which is releasably attachable to a base. The rod and the plush rings are sized and configured relative to each other such that the plush rings are advanceable over the rod when detached from the corresponding plush characters. The plush toys may be releasably attached to and suspended from a support bar comprising part of a crib mobile or an activity arch.

Abstract: A non-motorized object hanger for use with a swing having a seat hanger tube supported from a hub and a seat coupled to the seat hanger tube. The object hanger comprises a support member coupled to one of the seat hanger tube and seat. A hanger is coupled to the support member. A decorative object is coupled to the hanger, wherein motion is imparted to the support member by the motion of the swing. Another embodiment provides the support member is offset from the access of the hub.

Abstract: The present invention provides an infant entertainment device and a support assembly for positioning the entertainment device in view of an infant. The support is reconfigurable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The entertainment device is responsive to actuation of a motion detector coupled to the entertainment device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an interactive infant or child blanket with a tactile apparatus for removably attaching small toys such as pacifiers, teethers, rattles, and developmental toys. The invention also includes an apparatus for removably attaching the blanket itself to other objects such as a highchairs, baby bouncers, infant swings, car seats, strollers, or shopping carts, for play control and stability. The novel attachment system allows a child to play on the go without the hassle of dropping or soiling play objects, thereby minimizing the chance of loss or exposure to germs. The blanket preferably comes packaged in a matching bag that can also carry toy attachments and perhaps a bottle and/or diapers, providing parents with a small “baby to-go” bag for quick errands and trips. In another embodiment, the retention blanket includes a blanket adapted to engage a wheelchair as required by elderly and handicap persons.

Abstract: A visual stimulation attachment for amusing an infant riding in a child safety seat or child in a vehicle that has a headliner includes a visually-stimulating background member and an attachment device (e.g., a micro-hook material) secured to the background member and operable to releasably couple the background member to the headliner of the vehicle. The visual stimulation attachment may have one or more tether lines with a dangling member attached to it. A method of amusing an infant with a visually stimulating attachment and of manufacturing a visually stimulating attachment are also presented.

Abstract: The present invention is a photodisplaying crib bumper which is positioned in the interior walls of a crib and allows such things, as, photographs and drawings to be removably displayed therein.

Abstract: A toy for use by an infant in which the infant may set a top, suspended in pendulum fashion to a base, into motion. The top and base are joined by pendulum arms that cause a reciprocating gliding mechanism that is generally in the horizontal plane. The infant is positioned such that the infant may kick a pad joined to the fixed location base, initiating a force which propels the top to move back and forth providing entertainment and motor skills development.

Abstract: A toy mobile comprising a spider having a hub drivable by a motor to rotate the spider and having at least two legs radiating from the hub at an angle thereto, each leg having an end terminal which in the course of each rotating cycle of the spider traverses a circular orbit about the hub that is slanted with respect to a horizontal plane passing through the hub, whereby the terminal in the course of each cycle rises to a level above the hub and then fall to a level below the hub and at least one geometric object dangling from the terminal which is animated as a terminal traverses the orbit.

Abstract: An article adapted to be releasably attached to a bed railing, the article having a housing defining an opening for slidingly receiving a portion of the railing, when the housing is mounted on the railing. The article also has a first pawl movably connected to the housing and arranged to be moved from a retaining position, in which the pawl is adapted to block the opening to prevent removal of the railing from the opening, to a release position to enable removal of the article from the railing member. Further, the article has a spring connected to the housing and bearing against the pawl to bias the pawl towards its retaining position with respect to the housing.